I just got three cubic yards of dirt today. I was happy about this because I needed three cubic yards of dirt, and as such, ordered three cubic yards of dirt, which was delivered today. I have a tarp on my three cubic yards of dirt, that covers most of the pile. It doesn’t cover all of the pile.
I got the wheelbarrow out, because my three cubic yards of dirt is about 100 yards away from where it needs to be, in the back yard. I filled the wheelbarrow with a wheelbarrow full of dirt from the pile of my three cubic yards of dirt, and discovered that it was too heavy to move my wheelbarrow full of dirt. I shoveled half of the wheelbarrow full of dirt back into the pile of my three cubic yards of dirt, and discovered that I still could not move the wheelbarrow, due to the fact that there was not enough air pressure in the tire.
I dumped the remainder of my half full wheelbarrow of dirt and investigated my wheelbarrow tire that had not enough air pressure in the tire. I quickly came to the conclusion that there was not enough air pressure in the tire in my wheelbarrow that was now empty, instead of full, having dumped my wheelbarrow full of dirt back onto the pile of my three cubic yards of dirt that was delivered today, 100 yards away from where I needed it to be.
I looked around for a pump, to pump up the wheelbarrow tire that had not enough air pressure after I came to the conclusion that the wheelbarrow tire had not enough air pressure. I did not have a pump with which to pump up the wheelbarrow tire with not enough air pressure. I fiddled with the tire until it had no air pressure. So now my wheelbarow tire that had not enough air pressure is a wheelbarrow tire with no air pressure.
I thought about what it is that I might be able to do next. I determined that the only thing I could do next was resign myself for the evening to the fact that my three cubic yards of dirt would remain where I had it delivered today, 100 yards from where I needed it to be, due to the fact that my now empty former wheelbarrow full of dirt had a wheelbarrow tire that had not enough air pressure was now a wheelbarrow tire with no air pressure, and my three cubic yards of dirt that I had delivered today would remain on the driveway where it was delivered 100 yards away form where I needed it to be.
Fortunately it is under a tarp that covers most of the pile, but not all of the pile of the three cubic yards of dirt that I had delivered today 100 yards from where I need it to be.
Did I mention that it’s raining?
Update: After some lengthy and careful study of the wheelbarrow tire, I have come the the conclusion that the wheelbarrow tire has no air pressure.
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19 responses so far ↓
1
jimmyb
// Jun 29, 2006 at 9:54 pm
Stoopid rain.
It’s funny because it isn’t me…
2
Insolublog
// Jun 29, 2006 at 10:05 pm
Soon to be 4 cubic yards of mud. Welcome to the wet club.
3
The Cranky Insomniac
// Jun 30, 2006 at 2:28 am
Wait…I thought we agreed you’d get three cubic yards of dirt. What happened?
4
jt
// Jun 30, 2006 at 6:47 am
HA!
That sounds like a Hank Williams song…
5 JT » Blog Archive » FIAR Got Some Dirt… // Jun 30, 2006 at 6:59 am
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von
// Jun 30, 2006 at 7:13 am
Heh, JT.
Wellllllll, I got three cubic yard’s of dirt.
I got three cubic yards of dirt.
I got three cubic yards of dirt
And my wheelbarrow tire is flat!! bum, bum, bum..
7
MrsJoseGoldbloom
// Jun 30, 2006 at 10:51 am
Hey…how big is three cubic yards of dirt anyway?
8
FIAR
// Jun 30, 2006 at 11:32 am
If I’m doing the math correctly, 9ft x 3ft x 3ft.
In descriptive terms, it takes up about the same amount of space as a car, length and width wise, but it’s only about waist high at the top of the pile.
JT, how many times do I have to tell you that it’s not just you?
Jimmy, the suffering of others is always funny.
Insol, the irony is that the reason I need the dirt is because the flooding washed out so much of it that instead of the little bridge across the little creek meeting at ground level, I can stick my arm through between the end of the bridge and the ground? You don’t think the dogs might dig a little more and get out of the yard that way, do you? The dogs haven’t been able to run back there for a few days now.
Cranky, HA! You’re so funny!
Von, what song do I sing that tune to?
9
von
// Jun 30, 2006 at 1:05 pm
Uh..I don’t really know. Whichever one you want.
10
rachel
// Jun 30, 2006 at 3:09 pm
I’ve heard there’s a retired judge in Oklahoma that might have a spare pump… oh wait, wrong kind.
11
Tyler D.
// Jul 1, 2006 at 4:48 pm
That reads like the “Holy Hand grenade” scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
12
The Cranky Insomniac
// Jul 2, 2006 at 3:30 am
Three shall be the cubic yards of dirt, and the cubic yards of dirt shall be three. Amen.
13 Steve the Pirate » Blog Archive » Snakes on a Carnival of Comedy // Jul 11, 2006 at 12:21 pm
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14
Miriam
// Jul 12, 2006 at 8:50 am
Congratulations–you just bought yourself a small hill. Isn’t that what you wanted?
Something will grow on it. Eventually.
15 Radioactive Liberty - Useless. Worthless. Pointless. » Short Attention Span Topics #9 // Jul 6, 2007 at 7:59 pm
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RT - Chief Mongress
// Jul 6, 2007 at 8:36 pm
So whatever became of the dirt, I mean mud?
Isn’t it nice that you can pimp yourself to a post that is over a year old?
Like it anyway–funny, because it wasn’t me.
17
FIAR
// Jul 6, 2007 at 11:17 pm
What’s left of it is still there. Miriam was right.
18
RT - Chief Mongress
// Jul 7, 2007 at 12:36 am
It’s all dust in the wind. HA!
19 Radioactive Liberty - Useless. Worthless. Pointless. » Cashiers Should Be Required to Have Basic Money Handling Skills // Jul 9, 2007 at 11:25 pm
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